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Tough end for ASL Marine

Jason O'Connell — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:21:48 GMT

Singapore-listed offshore company sees revenue and earnings sliced by a quarter in the final period of 2011.

George scores with Petrobras

Andy Pierce — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:02 GMT

Greek magnate George Economou expands his offshore empire after winning a slice of enlarged project with Brazilian powerhouse.

Seabird swoops on contract

Jason O'Connell — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:03:01 GMT

Oslo-listed seismic outfit eases financial troubles with award of $13m deal.

Havyard inks subsea newbuild

Jason O'Connell — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:24:52 GMT

Per Saevik-owned shipyard bags an order for a subsea vessel from Forland Shipping.

Harvey doubles Trinity order

Dale Wainwright — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:17:24 GMT

US offshore vessel operator books another pair of LNG powered PSVs at Mississippi shipbuilder.

EMGS pulls in record profit

Jason O'Connell — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:44:33 GMT

Oslo-listed seismic owner roars back from big deficit last year to card a personal best.

Fisher wins BP work

Gary Dixon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:15:20 GMT

UK shipping group to charter in three anchor-handlers to support oil major's tanker operations in Angola.

SCF plots seismic orders

Gary Dixon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:51:12 GMT

Russian owner’s boss Sergey Frank says $200m deal for two firm survey vessels being lined up at USC.

TGS sees strong 2012

Jason O'Connell — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:24:14 GMT

Norwegian seismic outfit has positive outlook despite fourth quarter earnings drop.

Volstad ponders newbuild sale

Jason O'Connell — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:45:03 GMT

Norwegian owner says selling Bergen Group ordered vessel is also an option.

Marco Polo cans Taiwan plan

Jason O'Connell — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:18:38 GMT

Market conditions prompt Lion City-based offshore shipbuilder to abandon fundraiser.

Otto Marine looks to Africa

Jason O'Connell — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:16:06 GMT

Singapore-based shipbuilder and owner sends another AHTS to Africa on long-term charter.

DVB fears drillship glut

Gary Dixon — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:44:24 GMT

German bank says market faces “deluge” of unfixed vessels from 2013 after owners’ order spree.

Volstad back at Bergen again

Andy Pierce — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:13:38 GMT

Norwegian owner returns to its favourite shipyard with $140m newbuilding order.

Bourbon breaks billion barrier

Gary Dixon — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:36:46 GMT

French owner's ever-expanding offshore fleet brings in more than EUR 1bn in revenue for 2011.

Pac Basin in towage tie-up

Dale Wainwright — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:35:42 GMT

Hong Kong shipowner teams up with US tug titan in new joint venture covering Southeast Asia and Oceania.

Keppel kicks off fundraiser

Jason O'Connell — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:23:37 GMT

Lion City-based rigbuilder gets huge $1.2bn sale of fixed rate notes underway.

WWS returns to Damen

Jason O'Connell — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:17:56 GMT

World Wide Supply goes back to Dutch shipbuilder for another pair of PSVs after less than two months.

Keppel Corp goes Arctic

Jason O'Connell — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:32:03 GMT

Singapore-listed rigbuilder joins forces with ConocoPhillips to produce new jackup design for work in the deep freeze.

DNB predicts offshore boom

Jason O'Connell — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:06:57 GMT

Stronger utilisation points towards a golden period for Asian offshore support vessel owners, says Norwegian bank.